Back pain has many causes, poor posture, incorrectly loading objects, receiving a severe fall, and so on, this happens very often in people, and can be avoided if you have the necessary information on how to prevent damage to the lower back, besides knowing how to recover from a mild back injury and exercise.
“It was our hypothesis that the core stabilization exercises would have some protective effect for back pain and maybe the combination of the core stabilization exercises and the education program would be the most effective, but as it turns out, adding the education to either of the exercise programs was the only place where we saw the benefit,” said lead investigator Steven George, an associate professor in the UF College of Public Health and Health Professions’ department of physical therapy.
Low back pain is among the most frequent causes of medical visits and lost-duty time in the Military Health System, said co-investigator Lt. Col. John Childs, director of musculoskeletal research at Keesler Air Force Base.
“Musculoskeletal pain, and especially low back pain, adversely affects military preparedness as common reasons for medical evacuation from ongoing conflicts, with return to duty being uncertain,” said Childs, also an associate professor at the U.S. Army-Baylor University doctoral program in physical therapy at the Army Medical Department Center and School in San Antonio.
Core exercises target several muscle groups that support the spine, including abdominal muscles, back muscles, side muscles and muscles that attach to the pelvis. The military typically uses traditional lumbar training, which exercises only the abdominal muscles through sit-ups and crunches, George said.
“Core stabilization exercises are considered to be a more balanced approach to lumbar training so that’s why we and others have thought that core exercises would be better at preventing back pain and… continue reading
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